Policy paper

Final report of the expert group on structure of guidance to the building regulations

​A report by an MHCLG expert group on how to re-structure current guidance which supports building regulations when it is reviewed, as recommended by Dame Judith Hackitt in her independent review.

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Final report of the expert group on structure of guidance to the building regulations

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​An Expert Group was set up by government to review the current suite of Approved Documents, in line with a recommendation in Dame Judith Hackitt’s interim ‘Report on building regulations and fire safety’. The Expert Group considered the structure of the current guidance that supports the regulations and identified 8 high level recommendations for reform. These recommendations are laid out in this document.

Published 2 April 2020